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From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
To: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 12/26] modpost: make sym_add_exported() always allocate a new symbol
Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 14:56:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKwvOdn7qKKXj61htkJVDOE-ZSx4CcWpqjfquiCSVT1=R0xMGA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220501084032.1025918-13-masahiroy@kernel.org>

On Sun, May 1, 2022 at 1:42 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Currently, sym_add_exported() does not allocate a symbol if the same
> name symbol already exists in the hash table.
>
> This does not reflect the real use cases. You can let an external
> module override the in-tree one. In this case, the external module
> will export the same name symbols as the in-tree one. However,
> modpost simply ignores those symbols, then Module.symvers for the
> external module loses its symbols.
>
> sym_add_exported() should allocate a new symbol.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

Thanks for the patch!
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

> ---
>
> (no changes since v1)
>
>  scripts/mod/modpost.c | 10 ++++------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> index 1f01fc942f94..c9b75697d0fc 100644
> --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> @@ -412,19 +412,17 @@ static struct symbol *sym_add_exported(const char *name, struct module *mod,
>  {
>         struct symbol *s = find_symbol(name);
>
> -       if (!s) {
> -               s = new_symbol(name, mod, export);
> -               list_add_tail(&s->list, &mod->exported_symbols);
> -       } else if (!external_module || s->module->is_vmlinux ||
> -                  s->module == mod) {
> +       if (s && (!external_module || s->module->is_vmlinux || s->module == mod)) {
>                 error("%s: '%s' exported twice. Previous export was in %s%s\n",
>                       mod->name, name, s->module->name,
>                       s->module->is_vmlinux ? "" : ".ko");
> -               return s;
>         }
>
> +       s = new_symbol(name, mod, export);
>         s->module = mod;
>         s->export    = export;
> +       list_add_tail(&s->list, &mod->exported_symbols);
> +
>         return s;
>  }
>
> --
> 2.32.0
>


-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers

  reply	other threads:[~2022-05-03 21:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-01  8:40 [PATCH v2 00/26] kbuild: yet another series of cleanups (modpost and LTO) Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 01/26] modpost: use bool type where appropriate Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-03 21:43   ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-05-04  5:47     ` Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 02/26] modpost: change mod->gpl_compatible to bool type Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-03 21:45   ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 03/26] modpost: import include/linux/list.h Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 04/26] modpost: traverse modules in order Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 05/26] modpost: add sym_add_unresolved() helper Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 06/26] modpost: traverse unresolved symbols in order Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-03 21:49   ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 07/26] modpost: use doubly linked list for dump_lists Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 08/26] modpost: traverse the namespace_list in order Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 09/26] modpost: dump Module.symvers in the same order of modules.order Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 10/26] modpost: move static EXPORT_SYMBOL check to check_exports() Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-03 21:54   ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 11/26] modpost: make multiple export error Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 12/26] modpost: make sym_add_exported() always allocate a new symbol Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-03 21:56   ` Nick Desaulniers [this message]
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 13/26] modpost: split new_symbol() to symbol allocation and hash table addition Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-03 22:00   ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 14/26] modpost: mitigate false-negatives for static EXPORT_SYMBOL checks Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 15/26] kbuild: record symbol versions in *.cmd files Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 16/26] kbuild: generate a list of objects in vmlinux Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 17/26] modpost: extract symbol versions from *.cmd files Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 18/26] modpost: generate linker script to collect symbol versions Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 19/26] kbuild: embed symbol versions at final link of vmlinux or modules Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-03  2:55   ` Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 20/26] kbuild: stop merging *.symversions Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 21/26] genksyms: adjust the output format for .cmd files Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-04 20:22   ` Nicolas Schier
2022-05-05 13:47     ` Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 22/26] kbuild: do not create *.prelink.o for Clang LTO or IBT Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 23/26] kbuild: make built-in.a rule robust against too long argument error Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 24/26] kbuild: make *.mod " Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 25/26] modpost: simplify the ->is_static initialization Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01  8:40 ` [PATCH v2 26/26] modpost: use hlist for hash table implementation Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-01 12:23 ` [PATCH v2 00/26] kbuild: yet another series of cleanups (modpost and LTO) Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-05  6:55 ` Masahiro Yamada

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